Brick-mold



(No Model.)

' A. F. OROWB.

BRICK MOLD.

No. 283,758. Patented Aug. 28, 18 83.

Lizzewes: 6 7f UNITED STATES PATENT Brien.

ALEXANDER F. GROVVE, OF EMPORIA, KANSAS.

BRICK-MOLD.

SPEGIFIGATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 283,758, dated August 28, 1883.

Application filed July 1, 1882. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER F. Cnown, of Emporia, in the county of Lyon and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Brick-Molds, of which the following is a specification, when taken in connection with the drawings forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to molds for the manufacture of brick, tiles, &c. and it consists of a skeleton mold-frame having a detachable bottom, said bottom being so constructed that when the mold is lifted therefrom it can be carried with the newly-formed brick thereon to the drying shed or ground and stacked or piled upon others, as will more fully hereinafter appear.

Figure 1 is a top or plan view of the skeleton mold and detachable bottom. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of the detachable bottom. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the skeleton mold and detachable bottom. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the detachable bottoms as stacked up in the drying-shed with the bricks thereon. Fig. 5 is an end view.

Brick-molds as heretofore constructed have been made with solid bottoms, or with bottoms partially movable. These are objectionable for the reason that it is difficult to -remove the brick therefrom on the drying ground or bed, and, beside, the exertion expended in removing the brick is tiresome and exhausting to the operator and a damage to the green brick, for in turning the mold over to let the brick drop out the brick are more or less twisted and damaged. With my invention this cannot occur, as the brick are left on the bottoms until they are dry, ready to be put in the kiln to burn.

Referring to the drawings, 0 indicates the skeleton mold provided with any desired number of mold-openings, which extend entirely through. This skeleton mold is provided with handles D D, by which the mold is raised from off the bottom when the bricks are molded.

A is the bottom of the mold, 011 which the skeleton mold is placed when it is desired to fill the mold with clay. The bottom A is provided with vertical extensions B, of somewhat greater length than the depth of sides of the skeleton mold, so that when the bottom is removed with the bricks thereon it can be carried directly to the drying-shed and stacked upon others, as shown in Fig. 4, without impingement on the brick in the next bottom or tray below to distort or injure the bricks.

The bottom or tray A may be made in two sections, or, rather, with a slot in its longitudinal center, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, so that the air may pass therethrough and more readily effect the operation of drying.

The operation of my device is as follows:- The molder places the skeleton mold on one of the bottoms or trays, fills the mold thus formed with clay, then cuts off and removes the surplus clay. The skeleton mold is then raised from the bottom part, leaving the newlyformed brick thereon. The bottom or tray, with the brick, is carried to the dryingshed and stacked, as shown in Fig. 4., where they are allowed to remain untih dry enough to be stacked in the kiln.

The advantages of my improved device are obvious, and it will at once recommend itself 7 5 to any one skilled in the art.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The loose detachable and removable moldbottom herein described, adapted to be-used as a mold-bottom and also as a drying-tray, as set forth.

2. In a device for molding brick, the skeleton frame 0, in combination with loose detachable and removable bottoms or trays, as

set forth.

ALEX. F. OROWE. Witnesses:

J. S. WATRON, S. W. Bnsr. 

